FTSE

The FTSE 100 will soar past its record high to reach 8,000 by the end of 2014, according to analysts at Citigroup.

UBS Global Asset Management has reduced the charges across its exchange traded funds (ETFs) range, as pricing pressures on ETFs escalate.

The FTSE 100 has jumped almost 1% after former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers withdrew his candidacy to replace Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke next year.

The FTSE 100 has endured a volatile start to the morning after reports of a missile launch in the East Mediterranean rattled investors.

Shares in Vodafone have risen 9% to their highest level since late 2001 after the group re-opened talks with US peer Verizon over the sale of their joint venture.

Fears over the end of QE in the US and stronger data from the eurozone caused UK and US government bond yields to jump on Monday, surprising investors.

GOLD

Disappointing results have sent HSBC shares down 5% and erased the FTSE 100's early gains on the first day of trading this week.

Concerns over an expected capital raising at Barclays have pushed the stock down over 3% in the opening hours of this week's FTSE 100 trading.

Pockets of value in the corporate bond market have opened up even as markets begin to adjust to the prospect of tighter monetary policy, according to Threadneedle CIO Mark Burgess.